Who's Meditating?

I use guided meditation every night in bed. I will use music with one earbud and the guided meditation that goes through relaxing and then has rain going for 8 hours. Better than sleeping pills for me, don't think about my cancer either which is an added bonus.

My favourite guided meditation is this one. I downloaded it and turned it to mp3. I find the voice relaxing. It has you do some deep breathing, muscle relaxation. The voice only goes for approx 10 mins then goes to a rain sound. Very soothing.

l have a couple of apts on my iPad. I found it helped reduce anxiety and stress after my diagnosis . I initially used it it a few times a day. I really should get back to it, but I have a tendency to fall asleep now

I have just started meditation in the last few months. I like guided meditations as well. I have an iPhone app that has all sorts of options for meditation. The sleep ones are beneficial. If I wake up in the middle of the night and start thinking about a million things, I listen to a mediation and it calms me right down. I never understood the whole meditation thing. I have come to realize that healing from Breast Cancer is truly a full circle of healing. The mind/body connection and our mental well being are so connected. Since I have grasped these concepts my emotional and mental recovery from BC has been huge. I have had so much healing in the last few months.

I am currently reading The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle. It gives my brain a workout as reading is a challenge for me. But there arw some very good tools for healing

I did regularly for a few months then fell off the wagon in last few weeks or so. I use apps and sometimes just soothing music. Calm, Headspace, 1 Giant Mind are some of the apps I like. I should get back to it again

I think it's most beneficial if done regularly, even if it's just 10 minutes a day.

No problem, wouldn't be able to sleep without it.

Ninetwelve, what a good idea for a topic. I'm happy to find this thread, because I would like to add meditation to my life. I got the recordings by Jon Kabat-Zinn (Full Catastrophe Living book) but they are around 40 minutes long. Can anyone recommend some good guided mediation, guided imagery, or affirmation recordings that are short, like 10 or 15 minutes? I am having trouble with inertia these days, and need something that sounds easy and doable to begin with. I will look at the apps mentioned above, and also look for a workshop (thanks for that idea, Clarie).

Abigail, can you share more about the mantras?

Mara, I'm very impressed with your using breathing for the MRI. I have used visualization to get through some tests. I go to this garden in my mind and imagine all my senses experiencing it. I don't know if that is a form of meditation? I learned to do it from a guided imagery recording by B. Naparstek.

I can recommend Belleruth Naparstek's recordings. She has various topics, and the ones I have used -- anxiety, sleep, stress -- are excellent. I used them to get to sleep during my first bout with bc. She has many other topics, including cancer, radiation, fatigue, and immune system. She incorporates breathing with guided imagery. She also has recordings of affirmations.

Shetland, the CALM app offers lots of different kinds of guided meditation, and you can select the time you want to spend meditating, too. It's an easy app to use, but you have to pay a few dollars to have full access to all the different meditation options. I am cheap and just use the ones that come free with the app.

Claire

I just say hum as in room. bu t y our way okay too

Great Topic!

Yes and I have added Solfeggio frequencies, especially 528 hz to my playlists throughout the day! They are amazing and most can be found on you tube free. Thanks for all the great info sharing!

peace,

Oh, Abigail, that's lovely. Thanks for sharing it with us.

Bumping in the hopes we can share more on meditation in 2017...

My mindful meditation class has in recent weeks included the use of Tibetan bowls (on CD), a rain stick, an ocean drum, and a buffalo drum -- all very powerful tools. I bought a Tibetan bowls CD and occasionally use it at home.

I got Sounds of Light (Crystal Voices). It's good, but not sure there may not be a better one out there. I opted for the highest rated most reasonably priced one on Amazon. I think there may have been a higher rated one that was a lot more expensive, but it might be slightly better.

Our Mindful Meditation instructor has recently added drumming to our sessions -- both as a group to develop group energy before we meditate, and also drumming over us individually as we start to relax. The heightened vibrations really do feel like they're balancing your chakras and creating healing energy. Andrew Weil has a couple of great CDs that explain this phenomenon, including this one. http://www.healthjourneys.com/Store/Products/Self-...